List of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers

Chief of Engineers of the United States Army
Flag of the Chief of Engineers
Incumbent LTG Todd T. Semonite since 19 May 2016
Department of the Army
Reports to	Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Seat	The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, US
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	Four Years
Constituting instrument	10 U.S.C. § 3036
Formation	April 1776
First holder	LTC Rufus Putnam
Website	Official Website

The Chief of Engineers commands the US Army Corps of Engineers. As a staff officer at The Pentagon, the Chief advises the Army on engineering matters and serves as the Army's topographer and the proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs.

As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. This office defines policy and guidance and plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The Chief of Engineers currently holds the rank of lieutenant general but in the past has been ranked as low as major.

Civilian oversight of the Chief of Engineers is provided by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).

Chiefs of Engineers

Image	Rank	Name	Begin Date	End Date	Notes
	Colonel	Richard Gridley	June 1775	April 1776	^a[›]
	Lieutenant colonel	Rufus Putnam	April 1776	December 1776	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Louis Lebègue Duportail	July 22, 1777	October, 10, 1783	^a[›]
	Lieutenant colonel	Stephen Rochefontaine	February 26, 1795	May 7, 1798	^a[›]
	Major	Henry Burbeck	May 7, 1798	April 1, 1802	^a[›]
	Colonel	Jonathan Williams	April 1, 1802	June 20, 1803	^a[›]
	Colonel	Jonathan Williams	April 19, 1805	July 31, 1812	^a[›]
	Colonel	Joseph Gardner Swift	July 31, 1812	November 12, 1818	^a[›]
	Colonel	Walker Keith Armistead	November 12, 1818	June 1, 1821	^a[›]
	Colonel	Alexander Macomb	June 1, 1821	May 24, 1828	^a[›]
	Colonel	Charles Gratiot	May 24, 1828	December 6, 1838	^a[›]
	Colonel	Joseph Gilbert Totten	December 6, 1838	April 22, 1864	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Richard Delafield	April 22, 1864	August 8, 1866	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Andrew Atkinson Humphreys	August 8, 1866	June 30, 1879	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Horatio Gouverneur Wright	June 30, 1879	March 6, 1884	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	John Newton	March 6, 1884	August 27, 1886	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	James Chatham Duane	October 11, 1886	June 30, 1888	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Thomas Lincoln Casey	July 6, 1888	May 10, 1895	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	William Price Craighill	May 10, 1895	February 1, 1897	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	John Moulder Wilson	February 1, 1897	April 30, 1901	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Henry Martyn Robert	April 30, 1901	May 2, 1901	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	John W. Barlow	May 2, 1901	May 3, 1901	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	George Lewis Gillespie, Jr.	May 3, 1901	January 23, 1904	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Alexander Mackenzie	January 23, 1904	May 25, 1908	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	William Louis Marshall	July 2, 1908	June 11, 1910	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	William Herbert Bixby	June 12, 1910	August 11, 1913	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	William Trent Rossell	August 12, 1913	October 11, 1913	^a[›]
	Brigadier general	Dan Christie Kingman	October 12, 1913	March 6, 1916	^a[›]
	Major general	William Murray Black	March 7, 1916	October 31, 1919	^a[›]
	Major general	Lansing Hoskins Beach	February 10, 1920	June 18, 1924	^a[›]
	Major general	Harry Taylor	June 19, 1924	June 26, 1926	^a[›]
	Major general	Edgar Jadwin	June 27, 1926	August 7, 1929	^a[›]
	Major general	Lytle Brown	October 1, 1929	October 1, 1933	^a[›]
	Major general	Edward Murphy Markham	October 1, 1933	October 18, 1937	^a[›]
	Major general	Julian Larcombe Schley	October 18, 1937	October 1, 1941	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Eugene Reybold	October 1, 1941	September 30, 1945	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Raymond Albert Wheeler	October 4, 1945	February 28, 1949	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Lewis A. Pick	March 1, 1949	January 26, 1953	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr.	March 17, 1953	September 30, 1956	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Emerson C. Itschner	October 1, 1956	March 27, 1961	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Walter K. Wilson, Jr.	May 19, 1961	July 1, 1965	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	William F. Cassidy	July 1, 1965	July 31, 1969	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Frederick J. Clarke	August 1, 1969	July 31, 1973	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	William C. Gribble, Jr.	August 1, 1973	June 30, 1976	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	John W. Morris	July 1, 1976	September 30, 1980	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Joseph K. Bratton	October 1, 1980	September 14, 1984	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Elvin R. Heiberg III	September 14, 1984	May 31, 1988	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Henry J. Hatch	June 17, 1988	June 4, 1992	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Arthur E. Williams	August 24, 1992	June 30, 1996	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Joe Nathan Ballard	October 1, 1996	August 2, 2000	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Robert B. Flowers	October 23, 2000	July 1, 2004	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Carl A. Strock	July 1, 2004	May 17, 2007	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr.	May 17, 2007	June 17, 2011	^a[›]
	Major general	Merdith W.B. Temple	June 17, 2011	May 22, 2012	^a[›][1]
	Lieutenant general	Thomas P. Bostick	May 22, 2012	May 19, 2016	^a[›]
	Lieutenant general	Todd T. Semonite	May 19, 2016	present	^a[›]

Notes

General

^ a: Office of History. "Commanders of the Corps of Engineers". United States Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved November 28, 2009.

Inline citations

1. "Acting Chief of Engineers". U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Engineers. July 20, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.